Polish Space Agency will be based in Gdańsk

The Polish Space Agency (Polska Agencja Kosmiczna) will start to operate at the beginning of March in the Gdańsk Science and Technology Park, head of the agency informed. The representatives of the agency and the Pomeranian Special Economic Zone, as well as the authorities of Gdańsk signed a letter of intent on Wednesday. Deputy president of Gdańsk, Andrzej Bojanowski, declared that the authorities of the city are willing to “give full support to the agency... including financial help.” Head of the Polish Space Agency, Marek Banaszkiewicz, said that the launch of the agency is going to take up to two weeks. The Polish Space Agency was established on February 7 and its task is to coordinate activities of the Polish space sector.